Although top U.S. law firms are adding a steadily increasing number of attorneys to their overseas offices, most remain cautious about which cities to choose. Firms are starting to pull out of the Middle East, and they're still finding no market in Africa, due to its poor economy. However, the legal market in Asia is booming, while Latin America is gaining momentum. And Europe is just as popular as ever; the 250 largest U.S.-based law firms have more than doubled attorney ranks there since 2000.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Top U.S. law firms are adding a steadily increasing number of attorneys to their overseas offices, but most are remaining cautious about which cities to choose.
Since 2000, the 250 largest U.S.-based law firms have more than doubled their attorney ranks in Europe and increased the number of attorneys in Asia by 60 percent, mainly owing to growth in China, according to data collected in The National Law Journal‘s annual survey of the nation’s 250 largest law firms.
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